Do Gender and Education Status of Patients Impact on Quality of their Life after Myocard Infarction

Pinar Soylar; Ali Ozer

doi:10.15406/mojph.2018.07.00201

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Do Gender and Education Status of Patients Impact on Quality of their Life after Myocard Infarction

Pinar Soylar, Ali Ozer

Received: January 01, 1971 | Published: February 16, 2018

Citation: Soylar P, Ozer A (2018) Do Gender and Education Status of Patients Impact on Quality of their Life after Myocard Infarction. MOJ Public Health 2018;7(2):00201. DOI: 10.15406/mojph.2018.07.00201

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Abstract

1.1.Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether gender and education status of patients impact on quality of their life after myocard infarction.

1.2.Methods:This cross sectional study included 170 patients who applied to cardiology policlinic in a state hospital Malatya, Turkey. Patients with a history of myocard infarction were included between February and May, 2016.

1.3.Results: The mean age was 63.88±7.8, 60% of the patients were male and 40% of the patients were female. 24.1% of the patients were illiterate, 52.4% of the patients were graduated from primary school and 23.5% was graduated from high school and over. There were significant differences between QLI total scores and education status of patients (p=0.032). Women performed lower QLI total scores than men although not statistically significant except family subscale (p=0.108). Family scores of men were higher than women (p=0.017). It was shown that as education level of patients increases, their SF-36 total scores have increased (p=0.000). Similarly, SF-36 total scores of men were higher than women (p=0.027).

1.4.Conclusion: The study demonstrated that gender and education levels of patients effected the quality of life according to SF-36 scale. Education levels of patients were the only determinant factor according to OLI scale.

Keywords: Health related quality of life, Gender differences, Chronic heart failure, Education level, Myocard infarction, NCD, QLI, ANOVA, Bonferroni test, SD